Dear all,
I have a CDT with a number of data elements that is being used in a Process Variable. Some of the data elements (not all) are prepopulated before my process calls a user task. When the user task is called, more data elements are populated by the user task. However, I noticed that the entire CDT is overwritten with only the data elements that are populated in the user task. Is there a way to configure the data tab of the user task so that both previous CDT elements and new CDT elements are preserved in the PV?
Thanks
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Can you post a screenshot of your data input configuration (and output configuration too if you have anything relevant for it)? I agree that what you're experiencing isn't what should be happening, so my guess is that you're performing a save incorrectly somewhere like in the data input/output, or on the SAIL form itself.
I suspect this is a mapping issue in the way you've set up passing the pv! to the Task and thence into the Interface. When I teach this topic I use a diagram to try to explain how the data flows from a pv!variable to an ac!variable (and how the ac!variable is mapped to a ri!, making it very clear that a ri! is NOT a variable but a pointer to the ac!variable).
I've attached this diagram in case that helps clarify the conceptual model and therefore hep you diagnose your issue.
Okay
Here are configuration screenshots.
Yup, as suspected - your last screenshot shows that you're not setting the 'Value' of the ac!variable for the CDT you want to pass in to your User Input Task. But you ARE saving it which is why you're only ever getting the values you set within the Interface.
It workded. Thanks.